And Machir took to wife. —The Hebrew cannot mean this. Translate it as: now Machir took a wife of Huppim and of Shupp…

And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,
whose sister's name was Maachah<…

No account is given here of either Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they alone should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of…